1996 Olympics (Rosters)

Below are the rosters of the eight competing national teams in the baseball competition at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Australia

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	1996 Team
P	2	Jeff Williams	June 6, 1972	Gold Coast Cougars
IF	3	Mark Doubleday	August 10, 1973	Louisiana Tech
IF	4	Scott Tunkin	June 15, 1974	Sydney Blues
P	5	Mike Nakamura	September 6, 1976	University of South Alabama
IF	6	Steve Hinton	August 5, 1971	Brisbane Bandits
IF	7	Richard Vagg	September 27, 1967	Melbourne Monarchs
OF	8	Andrew Scott	December 22, 1969	Adelaide Giants
P	9	Shane Tonkin	February 12, 1971	Perth Heat
IF	10	Jason Hewitt	September 17, 1974	Perth Heat
P	12	Andrew McNally	December 3, 1973	Brisbane Bandits
IF	13	Matthew Sheldon-Collins	April 13, 1963	Melbourne Reds
OF	19	Peter Vogler	September 10, 1964	Gold Coast Cougars
OF	21	David Hynes	September 17, 1971	Brisbane Bandits
OF	23	Grant McDonald	September 23, 1973	Brisbane Bandits
C	26	Scott Dawes	June 12, 1972	Melbourne Reds
P	29	Stuart Howell	June 15, 1971	Gold Coast Cougars
P	30	Fred Lindberg	November 9, 1973	Perth Heat
P	31	Simon Sheldon-Collins	July 4, 1967	Melbourne Reds
OF	33	Stuart Thompson	March 1, 1970	Gold Coast Dolphins
C	35	John Moore	February 1, 1969	Perth Heat
Manager		Donald Knapp
Coach		Rob Derksen

Cuba

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	1996 Team
OF	1	Luis Ulacia	September 24, 1963
C	2	Alberto Hernández	February 9, 1969
IF	4	Eduardo Paret	October 23, 1972
IF	10	Omar Linares	October 22, 1967
OF	11	Rey Isaac	January 3, 1973
IF	12	Juan Padilla	September 16, 1965
IF	18	Miguel Caldes	September 27, 1970
P	19	Osmany Romero	February 22, 1968
IF	20	Lazaro Vargas	January 18, 1964
P	23	Omar Luis	July 15, 1972
OF	24	Jose Estrada	January 22, 1968
IF	25	Antonio Scull	September 10, 1965
P	31	Omar Ajete	January 31, 1965
P	33	Pedro Lazo	April 15, 1973
P	38	Eliecer Montes de Oca	March 28, 1971
C	45	Juan Manrique	August 26, 1967
IF	46	Orestes Kindelan	January 7, 1964
IF	47	Antonio Pacheco	June 4, 1964
P	52	Jose Contreras	December 6, 1971
P	69	Jorge Fumero	August 29, 1968
Manager		Jorge Fuentes
Coach		Luis Gonzalez

Italy

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	1996 Team
OF	5	Claudio Liverziani	March 4, 1975	Juventus Torino '48
C	6	Pierpaolo Illuminati	August 11, 1970	Juventus Torino '48
OF	8	Roberto De Franceschi	May 29, 1965	Nettuno
IF	9	David Rigoli	October 28, 1972	Parma
IF	11	Marco Ubani	February 10, 1965	Nettuno
OF	12	Francesco Casolari	October 4, 1965	Juventus Torino '48
IF	13	Andrea Evangelisti	March 15, 1973	Rimini
OF	14	Enrico Vecchi	April 8, 1970	Grosseto
P	16	Massimiliano Masin	July 9, 1968
P	19	Paolo Ceccaroli	May 21, 1962	Parma
IF	20	Ruggero Bagialemani	February 2, 1963	Nettuno
P	21	Paolo Passerini	May 5, 1970	Modena
P	22	Massimo Fochi	December 11, 1964	Parma
IF	23	Alberto D'Auria	March 10, 1967	Nettuno
P	28	Roberto Cabalisti	February 9, 1961	Rimini
P	34	Dante Carbini	August 9, 1973	Parma
C	40	Marco Barboni	October 12, 1967	Nettuno
P	44	Rolando Cretis	February 11, 1963
IF	50	Luigi Carrozza	June 17, 1969
P	55	Fabio Betto	September 25, 1972
Manager		Silvano Ambrosioni
Coach		Salvatore Varriale

Japan

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	1996 Team
IF	1	Kosuke Fukudome	April 26, 1977	Nihon Seimei
IF	2	Masahiro Nojima	August 13, 1971	Nippon Oil
IF	3	Nobuhiko Matsunaka	December 26, 1973	Shin Nittetsu Kimitsu
IF	4	Makoto Imaoka	September 11, 1974	Toyo University
IF	6	Takao Kuwamoto	March 24, 1970	Mitsubishi Automobile Kawasaki
IF	7	Tadahito Iguchi	December 4, 1974	Aoyama Gakuin University
OF	8	Yasuyuki Saigo	August 30, 1972	Mitsubishi
C	9	Hideaki Okubo	July 3, 1969	Nihon Sekiyu
OF	10	Daishin Nakamura	February 11, 1966	NTT Dokai
P	11	Koichi Misawa	June 8, 1974	Waseda University
P	12	Masao Morinaka	April 9, 1974	Tokai University
P	14	Jutaro Kimura	May 12, 1968	Toshiba
P	15	Takeo Kawamura	April 30, 1972	Nippon Oil
P	16	Hitoshi Ono	August 23, 1976	Nippon Oil
P	18	Masahiko Mori	August 25, 1965	NTT
P	19	Masanori Sugiura	May 23, 1968	Nippon Life Insurance
C	21	Takashi Kurosu	September 18, 1968	Nissan Motor Company
OF	24	Takayuki Takabayashi	September 12, 1967	Nippon Oil
OF	25	Tomoaki Sato	October 19, 1968	Prince Hotel
OF	27	Yoshitomo Tani	February 9, 1973	Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki
Manager		Katsuji Kawashima
Coach		Kozo Otagaki

The Netherlands

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	1996 Team
IF	4	Eric de Bruin	June 11, 1964	Neptunus
P	5	Andreas van Maris	July 24, 1973	Kinheim
IF	11	Eddie Dix	December 31, 1970
P	13	Geoffry Kohl	September 21, 1968	Neptunus
OF	14	Marcel Joost	December 12, 1960	Kinheim
P	20	Eelco Jansen	May 14, 1969	Kinheim
IF	22	Ruben Ward	February 11, 1969	Hoofddorp Pioniers
C	23	Johnny Balentina	August 8, 1971	Neptunus
IF	24	Giel ten Bosch	August 5, 1973	Kinheim
OF	25	Jeffrey Cranston	December 29, 1969
P	26	Daniel Wout	October 3, 1973	HCAW
P	27	Tom Nanne	May 21, 1971
P	28	Paul Nanne	April 17, 1967
IF	30	Evert-Jan 't Hoen	November 8, 1975	Indian River Community College
C	31	Marlon Fluonia	September 26, 1964
P	33	Rob Cordemans	October 31, 1974
OF	34	Adonis Kemp	January 31, 1967	Neptunus
OF	35	Marcel Kruyt	September 4, 1962	Neptunus
OF	36	Edsel Martis	December 22, 1961	Hoofddorp Pioniers
P	37	Peter Callenbach	September 15, 1962	Pioniers
Manager		Jan Dick Leurs
Coach		Boudewijn Maat

Nicaragua

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	1996 Team
IF	1	Bayardo Davila	June 16, 1968
OF	2	Sandy Moreno	October 16, 1967
P	4	Luis Miranda	February 17, 1971
P	5	Fredy Corea	September 9, 1972
IF	6	Jorge Avellan	March 5, 1972
C	11	Martin Aleman	July 26, 1970
IF	12	Norman Cardoze	December 31, 1971
P	13	Oswaldo Mairena	July 30, 1974
IF	14	Nemesio Porras	October 7, 1968
P	15	Jose Quiroz	November 16, 1969
OF	17	Carlos Berrios	August 17, 1967
P	20	Omar Obando	March 23, 1977
OF	22	Jose Ramon Padilla	May 3, 1966
OF	23	Fredy Zamora	June 18, 1967
C	28	Julio Osejo	August 18, 1969
P	29	Eduardo Bojorge	January 10, 1966
P	31	Asdrudes Flores	February 5, 1961
OF	33	Anibal Vega	August 28, 1969
IF	34	Erasmo Baca	November 25, 1965
IF	99	Henry Roa	December 26, 1969
Manager		Julio Sanchez
Coach		Alejandro Torres

South Korea

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	1996 Team
P	1	Min-Han Son	January 2, 1975	Korea University
IF	6	Soo-Kwan Kim	August 5, 1975
IF	7	Jae-Ho Back	June 30, 1974	Dongguk University
C	8	In-Sung Cho	May 25, 1975	Yonsei University
IF	10	Hyuk Kang	August 25, 1974	Hanyang University
P	11	Jin-Ho Cho	August 19, 1975
C	12	Kab-Yong Jin	May 8, 1974	Korea University
OF	14	Kyung-Hwam Cho	August 27, 1972	Korea University
IF	16	Dong-wook Lee	July 17, 1974	Dong-A University
IF	17	Pil-Sun Kang	May 31, 1972
P	18	Sun-Dong Lim	August 4, 1973	Yonsei University
OF	19	Byoung-Kyu Lee	October 25, 1974	Dankook University
P	21	Chul-Min Oh	May 28, 1973	Yeungnam University
P	23	Seung-Nam Jeon	November 26, 1974
P	26	Young-Soo Kim	January 15, 1975	Inha University
P	27	Dong-Hwan Mun	May 8, 1972	Yonsei University
OF	28	Man-Ho Choi	March 4, 1974	Dankook University
IF	31	Hee-Bong An	October 3, 1972
P	32	Sun-Woo Kim	September 4, 1977	Korea University
IF	36	Jong-Kook Chea	October 24, 1975	Yonsei University
Manager		Choong-Nam Kim
Coach		Doo-Boh Cho

United States

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	1996 Team
P	1	R.A. Dickey	October 29, 1974	University of Tennessee
IF	4	Warren Morris	January 11, 1974	Louisiana State University
IF	5	Augie Ojeda	December 20, 1974	University of Tennessee
OF	7	Mark Kotsay	December 2, 1975	California State University, Fullerton
IF	8	Jason Williams	December 18, 1973	Louisiana State University
OF	9	Chad Allen	February 6, 1975	Texas A&M University
OF	10	Chad Green	June 28, 1975	University of Kentucky
IF	13	Kip Harkrider	September 16, 1975	University of Texas at Austin
P	14	Braden Looper	October 28, 1974	Wichita State University
IF	16	Travis Lee	May 26, 1975	San Diego State University
C	17	A.J. Hinch	May 15, 1974	Stanford University
OF	19	Jacque Jones	April 25, 1975	University of Southern California
C	21	Brian Loyd	December 3, 1973	California State University, Fullerton
IF	25	Troy Glaus	August 3, 1976	University of California, Los Angeles
P	29	Seth Greisinger	July 29, 1975	University of Virginia
C	33	Matt LeCroy	December 13, 1975	Clemson University
P	34	Kris Benson	November 7, 1974	Clemson University
P	42	Jim Parque	February 8, 1976	University of California, Los Angeles
P	51	Jeff Weaver	August 22, 1976	California State University, Fresno
P	55	Billy Koch	December 14, 1974	Clemson University
Manager		Skip Bertman		Louisiana State University
Coach		Ron Polk		Mississippi State University